The Most Amazing Thing You've Ever Caught That Wasn't A Fish!

[Loochy88]

Mine happened today - a Fishing Pole!?!

What's yours?  Post pics if you have 'em!

[Jar11591]

Don't have a picture, but I also pulled up a whole rod and reel. It looked as if it had been there for a LONG time.

[N Florida Mike]

I set a line out for catfish one night and went in the house for a couple hours.When I pulled up to check it started thrashing around and I thought it was a big gar.As I got it out of the water I realized it was a giant freshwater eel , or so I thought.Then I saw two little arms sticking out right below the gills and realized it was a 3 foot Florida siren.Sort of an eel with arms.I have a pic. on Facebook but can't access it right now.Also had a very heavy 7 foot gator eat a bream I had just caught.

[IndianaFinesse]

I have caught two chairs that blew off somebody's dock during a storm, a fish basket with a couple of crappie skeletons in it, and a tiny television someone must have tossed in the lake.  Unfortunately I have also caught numerous big angry snapping turtles while catfishing.  They are not any fun at all to unhook.

[NorcalBassin]

A shark fin mask was a bit of a surprise while dragging a jig on a lake, but the Delta has a bit of a reputation for some things you'd never want to see being "cemented" on the bottom. Once played around with a snag that was awkwardly heavy but would slowly give with pressure. My brain started playing some what if games with me so I decided to break it off. It was just a large branch I keep telling myself...

[Western-Mass-Bass]

Pair of costas...   Darn shame they were whooped 

[geo g]

I once caught a red tailed hawk in mid flight.  I was fishing the alley and made a long cast across the canal.  A hawk flew out of no where and into my line, while the lure was in flight.  The lure went up out of the water and into the wing where it meets the body.  The Hawk dropped like a stone into the canal.  I pulled the hawk to the boat on its back with the talons opening and closing.  Luckily we had two big towels in the boat that we used to control the bird while we removed the hook.  It was a weird day!

 

I also caught the back end of a GMC S10 back when the Alley was a two lane road with dirt ramps.  The GMC was in one of the cuts at a bridge.  My crank bait was firmly attached to the tailgate .  I notified FHP and the truck was removed several months later.  I think someone dumped it at the bridge.

[scaleface]

I was fishing jigging spoons for white bass off the end of a boat ramp . I snagged two wrist watches, a spinning rod and reel and a dip net .

[Catch 22]

While jetty fishin the salt I snagged and landed an octopus. The head was about 8".I didn`t want to get inked so I put my foot next to its side and launched it back to the deep.

 

[N Florida Mike]

Also caught a baby duck while bream fishing.My friend distracted mama while I got the hook out.I took the same friend bass fishing for the first time when we were teens and he thought he had a fish.When he set the hook it was very heavy and my friend was very excited as he pulled it in.His look of pure excitement turned to utter surprise then disappointment as a cowboy boot came to the surface.I hollered" cast out again quick, maybe you'll catch the other one"! Also snagged a trotline during a night tournament and thought I had the new world record there for awhile.....

[CenCal fisher]

Either a seagull, a flip flop sandal or another fishing pole 

[J._Bricker]

One of those heavy duty 35 gallon garbage bags full of water out sturgeon fishing on the bay.  It was running with an outgoing tide and put up one hell of a fight!

[soflabasser]

One of my strangest catches on rod and reel is when I catch decent sized Lobsters on bait meant for Snappers.Have caught other odd stuff like rod and reel combos,expensive lures,etc.

[Gundog]

One evening my friend and I were fishing at a small trout pond that had some very large bass in it. As it was a little past sundown we were throwing top water baits. I had on a tiny torpedo. As I made a cast a bat swooped down and grabbed the bait out of the air and tried to fly off with it. I jerked the rod to hopefully get it away from the bat but that just set the hook on it. The bat hit the water and started to splash around as I was reeling it in. Finally got it to shore and released the bat by stepping on it and pulling the lure free. The bat limped away and climbed up a nearby tree. 

[ward131]

A snapping turtle with about a 16 inch shell.  Hooked him right in the roof of his mouth while dragging a worn along the bottom.

Released him by holding the line tight and twisting out the hook with pliers. Still not fun reaching toward a snappers mouth.

[Bluebasser86]

I've caught a seagull freelining shad, an owl at night on a black jitterbug, then there was this guy.

[Bankbeater]

About 10 years ago the we were having a drought and the lake levels were way down.  I hooked something that would not move, and I thought it was an old tree stump.  Turned out to be a 10 pound anchor that somebody had dropped overboard.

[tander]

About 20 years ago I pulled up to the dock from all day fishing. When I tied my boat up I was looking up at the sky and lost my balance and fell in. Well if that wasn't enough, when I came up my prescription sunglasses was gone. Got the boat loaded and took a Bagley DB3 and started casting for them. On the 10th cast I caught them. That was about a $350 cast.

[crypt]

at Tenoroc caught a giant turtle,thought I hooked world record bass!  very next cast caught 9 lb. catfish what a day!

["hamma"]

couple lobsters, a seagull, a few rods, one a decent 6' ugly sick that i now use for squid fishin,,...lol squid!, a deflated basketball, a tacklebox, a denim jacket., a ten speed bike, the stock for a shotgun, a 6' freshwater eel, a megander, a radio, a gajillion branches,...lol

 i used to use alot of crankbaits

[Hurricane]

Monster snapping turtle..

[Bass Turd]

I've caught two pink Princess fishing poles. One had a weightless senko rigged wacky... kids these days....

I also caught the elastic waist band of some BVD's. No one was in them thank goodness...

[BassMaster17]

15 hours ago, Centralinfinnesse said:

I have caught two chairs that blew off somebody's dock during a storm, a fish basket with a couple of crappie skeletons in it, and a tiny television someone must have tossed in the lake.  Unfortunately I have also caught numerous big angry snapping turtles while catfishing.  They are not any fun at all to unhook.

Same here on the turtles, sometimes impossible to unhook, and with $2 to $3 on my setup it can add up quickly.

[RHuff]

Was fishing a private pond in GA once at night from the bank. It was so dark I couldn't hardly see my hand in front of my face. Was throwing a big midnight special spinnerbait. Thing felt funny as I was reeling it. Reeled it in and saw a big clump of grass on it. Grabbed the lure to pick the grass off and the dang grass latched onto my hand and started screetching. I started hollering and shaking my hand up and down and flung the grass down only to see it flutter away. That clump of grass was a freaking bat. Gave me the creeps for a year after that while fishing at night. Gave me goosebumps typing this. 

[Hurricane]

13 minutes ago, RHuff said:

Was fishing a private pond in GA once at night from the bank. It was so dark I couldn't hardly see my hand in front of my face. Was throwing a big midnight special spinnerbait. Thing felt funny as I was reeling it. Reeled it in and saw a big clump of grass on it. Grabbed the lure to pick the grass off and the dang grass latched onto my hand and started screetching. I started hollering and shaking my hand up and down and flung the grass down only to see it flutter away. That clump of grass was a freaking bat. Gave me the creeps for a year after that while fishing at night. Gave me goosebumps typing this. 

Lmao.... that's crazy... I would of ran around like a maniac... I will never forget the time that I was fishing and stepped on a ground bees nest.. I thought I ran into a pricker bush and kept fishing till the pain got worse.. Looked down and I had about 20 bees on my leg.. I threw my rod and started running and took my shirt off and they were all over me.. Sucked...